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[klohs-uhp] / ˈkloʊsˌʌp /












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He added: "It's a big auditorium but it's incredibly intimate so the material selection has to be really considered because you get to look at the costumes close up."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It's a close up, emotional, insider's view, not a long lens and a headline.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Global stocks aren’t nearly as buoyant, however, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 edging higher to close up 0.15% to start the week.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“When they get into it, you have to close up everything,” said Yasmin Sánchez, 40 years old, who works at her family’s corner store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

After it was all the way out, the workmen rushed to rivet the plates back into place and close up the hole in The Dessoug.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman


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